Encounter of lithodid crab Paralomis birsteini on the continental slope off Antarctica,sampled by ROV |
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| Authors: | Sven Thatje Sally Hall Chris Hauton Christoph Held Paul Tyler |
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| Affiliation: | (1) National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK;(2) Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Marine Animal Ecology, Am Alten Hafen 26, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany |
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| Abstract: | A population of stone crab (Lithodidae) was encountered on the continental slope off Antarctica in the Bellingshausen Sea between 1,123 and 1,304 m water depths using the ROV-Isis during leg 166 of the RV James Clark Ross, in January 2007. Specimens were video recorded and one specimen was retrieved by ROV for morphological and molecular identification. Based on morphology and molecular data from the mitochondrial COI gene, this specimen identified as P. birsteini, Macpherson, 1988a. The significance of the molecular data and their implications for biogeography and evolution of lithodids in the Southern Ocean are briefly discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Southern Ocean Stone crab Molecular phylogeny Biogeography |
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